Madaba weather in January

In January, Madaba sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 7.3 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Madaba's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madaba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 49 mm; 7.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 6:42 AM – 4:50 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Madaba is city in Madaba Governorate, Jordan.

Density: 2/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1921

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Madaba reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	7
12	15	7
13	15	7
14	15	7
15	15	7
16	15	7
17	15	7
18	15	7
19	15	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7
29	15	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

How January really feels in Madaba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Madaba weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 7°	49	7.3	10.2	5.0
Feb	16° / 8°	42	7	10.8	5.6
Mar	19° / 10°	29	5.1	11.8	7.3
Apr	24° / 13°	9	2.1	12.8	8.6
May	29° / 17°	3	0.6	13.6	7.5
Jun	32° / 20°	0	0.1	14	5.8
Jul	33° / 22°	0	0	13.9	4.8
Aug	33° / 22°	0	0	13.2	4.7
Sep	32° / 21°	0	0.1	12.2	5.8
Oct	28° / 18°	4	1.1	11.2	7.8
Nov	22° / 12°	14	3.4	10.4	8.2
Dec	17° / 8°	29	5.1	10	6.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	70	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69
Cloudier (%)	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Madaba gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 7.3 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 23% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	20
3	20
4	20
5	20
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	22
12	22
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	23
21	24
22	24
23	25
24	26
25	26
26	27
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	28
31	28

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
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27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 4:39 PM to 5:04 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37
Sunset (PM)	4:39	4:40	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:42	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	6:41	4:39
2	10.0	6:41	4:40
3	10.0	6:42	4:40
4	10.0	6:42	4:41
5	10.0	6:42	4:42
6	10.0	6:42	4:42
7	10.0	6:42	4:43
8	10.0	6:42	4:44
9	10.0	6:42	4:45
10	10.1	6:42	4:45
11	10.1	6:42	4:46
12	10.1	6:42	4:47
13	10.1	6:42	4:48
14	10.1	6:42	4:49
15	10.1	6:42	4:49
16	10.1	6:42	4:50
17	10.2	6:42	4:51
18	10.2	6:42	4:52
19	10.2	6:41	4:53
20	10.2	6:41	4:54
21	10.2	6:41	4:55
22	10.2	6:41	4:56
23	10.3	6:40	4:56
24	10.3	6:40	4:57
25	10.3	6:40	4:58
26	10.3	6:39	4:59
27	10.4	6:39	5:00
28	10.4	6:38	5:01
29	10.4	6:38	5:02
30	10.4	6:37	5:03
31	10.4	6:37	5:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.03 kWh/m² to a high of 8.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.25 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.2	Moderate
15	3.2	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.4	Moderate
22	3.4	Moderate
23	3.4	Moderate
24	3.4	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Madaba?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Madaba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Madaba in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Madaba sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Madaba in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madaba peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	6	7	10	11	10	10	9	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Madaba in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Madaba is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	36	37	37	39	35	27	24	26	29	32	36	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	36	Poor
Feb	37	Poor
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	35	Poor
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Madaba?

Madaba sits at 31.7°N, 35.8°E, 790 m above sea level, in Jordan. The nearest listed city is Umm as Summāq, 20 km away.

Topography around Madaba

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Madaba.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madaba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 774 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,123 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,719 m.

The land around Madaba is covered by cropland (51%) and artificial surfaces (41%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), cropland (35%) and bare terrain (20%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (50%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

117 m

cropland 51%

16 km

1,123 m

grassland 36%

80 km

1,719 m

bare terrain 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Madaba year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Umm as Summāq 20 km · Marj Al Hamam 21 km · Khuraybat as Sūq 22 km · Ḩayy al Quwaysimah 26 km · Saḩāb 26 km · Wādī as Sīr 27 km · Māḩiş 30 km · Amman 30 km

Jordan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type B / C / D / F / G / J; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,348; 2025
Happiness: 4.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 89%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 17; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 426
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Madaba (31.716°, 35.7939°, elevation 790 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	7
12	15	7
13	15	7
14	15	7
15	15	7
16	15	7
17	15	7
18	15	7
19	15	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7
29	15	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	20
3	20
4	20
5	20
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	22
12	22
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	23
21	24
22	24
23	25
24	26
25	26
26	27
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	28
31	28

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	7
12	15	7
13	15	7
14	15	7
15	15	7
16	15	7
17	15	7
18	15	7
19	15	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7
29	15	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	20
3	20
4	20
5	20
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	22
12	22
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	23
21	24
22	24
23	25
24	26
25	26
26	27
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	28
31	28

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	7
12	15	7
13	15	7
14	15	7
15	15	7
16	15	7
17	15	7
18	15	7
19	15	7
20	15	7
21	15	7
22	15	7
23	15	7
24	15	7
25	15	7
26	15	7
27	15	7
28	15	7
29	15	7
30	15	7
31	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	20
3	20
4	20
5	20
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	22
12	22
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	23
21	24
22	24
23	25
24	26
25	26
26	27
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	28
31	28

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100